A Fire Weather Watch is issued up to 72 hours before the above conditions are expected to occur. As the concerning conditions approach this can be upgraded to a Red Flag Warning.

Footage shot from a helicopter showed columns of smoke billowing up from the Gifford Fire in California on Tuesday.

CAL FIRE wrote on X on Friday: "California is under a heat wave, bringing hot, dry, and windy conditions, making wildfires ...

The Gifford Fire burning in central California has burned more than 119,000 acres as of early Monday, having expanded to ...

On Tuesday at 1:14 p.m. the NWS Eureka CA issued a fire weather watch valid for Thursday between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. The watch is for Upper Smith, Lower Middle Klamath, Hoopa and Van Duzen/Mad ...

Some National Weather Service offices in California are among those hit hardest by meteorologist vacancies, heightening ...

Northern California's first heat wave of the year is fizzling out with temperatures beginning to lower on Monday afternoon.

The watch had been issued for Trinity County. "The Fire Weather Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Eureka CA on this developing situation," states the NWS Eureka CA.

Two massive disasters this year — the Texas floods and Los Angeles firestorms — are leading some to grapple with the question of how to get officials and the public to care and take action.

On Tuesday at 1:14 p.m. the NWS Eureka CA issued a fire weather watch valid for Thursday between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. The watch is for Upper Smith, Lower Middle Klamath, Hoopa and Van Duzen/Mad ...